Zhoghovurd : Armenia’s 76 MPs Are "Punished"

ZHOGHOVURD : ARMENIA’S 76 MPS ARE “PUNISHED”

June 11, 2013

YEREVAN. – The leadership of the Armenian National Assembly (NA)
started to impose sanctions upon the MPs, Zhoghovurd writes.

“Seventy-six MPs did not receive their full salary for unjustified
absences from the parliament’s plenary sessions, [NA] standing
committees’ sessions, and parliamentary hearings in March and April
of this year.

The NA Public and Media Relations Department informed Zhoghovurd that
the salary which was not paid to these 76 MPs totaled 2,466,300 drams
[approx. $5,920],” Zhoghovurd writes.

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